Secret Service Pre-Planned Party at Colombian Hotel — ABC News' Reena Ninan, Christine Romo and Mary Bruce Report: — CARTAGENA, Colombia — Secret Service officials planning a wild night of fun in Colombia did some of their own advanced work last week, booking a party space at the Hotel Caribe …

Big Lead With Women Gives Obama An Edge On Romney, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Christie, Rubio, Ryan Top GOP Running Mate List — President Barack Obama holds a thin 46 - 42 percent lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.

The coming conservative landslide — Wishful liberals and Chicken Little conservatives who watch the weekly fluctuations in the presidential polls have concluded that President Obama is a shoo-in for re-election. They point out that Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee …

West backs ‘Motor City Madman’ — Ted Nugent doesn't bear “any ill will” toward President Barack Obama, Rep. Allen West said Thursday despite the rocker's appointment with the Secret Service over his controversial comments. — “I think he was just expressing maybe his opinion about something …

Marco Rubio Says He Would Turn Down VP Slot If Asked — Sen. Marco Rubio said today he would decline any offer from Mitt Romney to be a part of the GOP ticket this fall. — “I don't want to be the vice president,” the Florida Republican said during an interview with Major Garrett of the National Journal.

TPMDC — Obama To GOP: Abide By Debt Limit Deal Or Else Face A Govt Shutdown Right Before The Election — In a major escalation of a slowly building fight over funding the government, the White House has warned House Republicans, in no uncertain terms, that the government will shut …

Romney to deliver Liberty University commencement speech — (CNN) - Mitt Romney will deliver the commencement address at the evangelical Christian university led by Jerry Falwell, Jr., Liberty University said in a Thursday post to their website. — The school, located in Lynchburg …

The Business of Ending a Presidential Campaign — Hours after dropping out of the presidential race this month, Rick Santorum fired off an e-mail to supporters asking for “one more” contribution: “I am planning to do everything in my power to bring a change about in the White House,” he wrote.

Romney's Cookie Comment Bites Back — In a campaign stop Tuesday outside Pittsburgh, Mitt Romney made what many locals considered a tasteless remark about cookies from a local landmark bakery. … Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, met with four couples …

OWS Celebrates Holocaust Day w/ Antisemitic Cartoons — To give them their due, there are a lot of people in the comments pissed off about the picture. But, there are also 43 likes and 59 people sharing the photo (as of this writing). — So, is this a one-offer that we who already …

Leon Panetta: U.S. ‘within an inch of war’ — Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the United States was “within an inch of war almost every day” in the region around North Korea. — “We're within an inch of war almost every day in that part of the world …

Obama: 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth' — ELYRIA, Ohio — President Obama took his economic argument on the road Wednesday, declaring at a community college in hard-hit manufacturing country that his commitment to workforce training programs — programs, he said …

Why the U.S. Economy Is Biased Against Men — That women earn 77 cents for every $1 earned by a man is a popular refrain. But look closer. Prejudice against guys in the economy is real and widespread. — You've just landed on Planet Zuto. — The Intergalactic Equal Employment …

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